O'Keefe
An undercover, hard-boiled Australian crime thriller
Published on 30. September 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-76099-525-6 (ISBN)
Description
Fresh from his exploits on the high seas, undercover operative Paul Cutler assumes a new identity to become Paul O'Keefe.
Paul is tasked with stepping into the shadows to reveal the mysteries surrounding a surge of Mexican cartel meth flooding Australian streets. Assigned to infiltrate a newly appointed security company at Fremantle Port, he discovers a clandestine world of off-the-books operations, and a business front that goes far beyond mere security. There's a dangerous game afoot over who gets control of the port's smuggling operations, and O'Keefe is caught in the crossfire.
This gripping thriller by David Whish-Wilson shows why he's renowned as a writer who exposes the underbelly of 'civil' societies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
North Fremantle, WA
Australia
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
568 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-76099-525-6 (9781760995256)
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Person
David Whish-Wilson is the author of eleven novels and three creative non-fiction books. He was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, but raised in Singapore, Victoria and Western Australia. At eighteen, he left Australia to live for a decade in Europe, Africa and Asia, where he worked as a barman, actor, streetseller, petty criminal, labourer, exterminator, factory worker, gardener, clerk, travel agent, teacher and drug trial guinea pig.
David is the author of four novels in the Frank Swann crime series and two in the Lee Southern series, two of which have been shortlisted for Ned Kelly Awards. David wrote the Perth book in the NewSouth Books city series, which was shortlisted for a Western Australian Premier's Book Award. Cutler was the first in the Undercover series.
He currently lives in Fremantle, Western Australia, with his partner and three kids, and teaches creative writing at Curtin University.